"Without question, industrial will have the most growth in terms of employment and new business opportunities," said Casey Stuart, Calgary-based vice-president of industrial at Barclay Street Real Estate Ltd.

The renters are now free to utilize virtual currencies to pay for a commercial lease in a northwest Calgary office building. The renters will now accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin as rent payments.

Commercial real estate company Barclay Street is working with the owners of Real Equity Centre, an office building at 1716 16th Ave. N.W. in Calgary. Tenants interested in renting one of the office suites in the Real Equity Centre building will have the option of paying their rent in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) or litecoin (LTC), instead of the Canadian dollar.